Eamonn Butler
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Background
Eamonn Butler is the director of the Adam Smith Institute, which he co-founded with his brother, Stuart Butler, and Madsen Pirie in 1978. 1
Butler is also the vice president of the Mont Pelerin Society. 2 He sits on the Advisory Board of Nurses for Reform. 3
Pro-Tobacco
Butler is intricately linked to Forest. He is an “officer” of the “Friends of FOREST Facebook, which is run by Simon Clark of Forest. 4
He is also a columnist for The Free Society, which is also run by Forest. 5
Against Display Bans and Further Controls on Tobacco
The Letter to the Daily Telegraph
In March 2011, Butler was one of 11 signatories of a Letter to the Editor to the Daily Telegraph attacking the Government’s position on tobacco control and arguing against further restrictions.